Once again, the magic of the Korean culture and art will be visiting the UAE in October and November with locally and internationally well-known performances. Experience a new color of art through “Korea Festival 2017” hosted by the Embassy of the Republic of Korea in the UAE and the Ministry of Culture and Knowledge Development of the UAE.

<Darkness Poomba> is a re-interpretation of a type of Korean traditional performing arts called “Poomba”. Using the basic melody of “Poomba”, dynamic and powerful movements of male dancers along with the live band consisted of guitar, bass, drums, topped with Korean traditional vocal genre “Pansori”, show a unique Korean emotions with modern features.

a resemblance

women and nature

KOREA - UAE ART EXHIBITION

25 October - 17 November

Sun - Thu, 8am - 8pm

National Theater, Abu Dhabi

Artists from both the UAE and Korea are putting their works together for this exhibition. The exhibition presents women and nature of UAE and Korea through paintings to search a resemblance between the two friendly countries.

Kimchi master KIM Soon-ja is coming from Korea to demonstrate how to prepare kimchi in a traditional manner. The class will allow people to have a firsthand experience on ‘Kimchi’ and culture of ‘Kim-jang’ (making a bulk of kimchi in advance for the winter season) while learning Kimchi’s history and benefits.

K-Culture in Motion 1

DARKNESS POOMBA

25 October, 7 PM

NATIONAL THEATER, ABU DHABI

<Darkness Poomba> is a re-interpretation of a type of Korean traditional performing arts called “Poomba”. Using the basic melody of “Poomba”, dynamic and powerful movements of male dancers along with the live band consisted of guitar, bass, drums, topped with Korean traditional vocal genre “Pansori”, show a unique Korean emotions with modern features.

22 November (Wed) 7.30 PM, Madinat Theatre, Dubai [Event Date has been changed-please contact Consulate General of the Republic of Korea in Dubai for any inquiries]

<NANTA> is a non-verbal musical performance of reckless rhythms that dramatize customary Korean percussion in strikingly comedic stage show. It integrates unique tempos with a performance style added with a comical twist, which became the first Asian musical to debut on Broadway.

<Tale of Rabbit> is a children’s musical which is a modern adaption of Korean classic fable spread by word of mouth for 300 years. It easily and interestingly introduces Korea’s traditional story and music to the children.